Scientific and technical activities

Fertilization and plant protection methods in the organic black pepper production(14/08/2019)

Nguyen Xuan Hoa (Ph.D) Division of Plant Protection      Black pepper is an important Vietnamese export product. For many years, Vietnam has always maintained the world’s number one position in the black pepper production and export. Currently, Vietnamese black pepper is present in more than 100 markets around the world. From 2018 up to now, black pepper price has been decreasing, affecting the Vietnam’s pepper industry. However, in the…

The role of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in coffee fermentation in order to improve the green coffee bean quality(12/08/2019)

      Tran Thi Tham Ha (M.Sc) Division of Post-havest Studies       Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a species of yeast that is commonly used in food industry such as winemaking, baking and brewing. The yeast is able to secrete pectinlyase and polygalacturonase enzymes, which help the degradation of coffee mucilage and pulp. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is essential for coffee fermentation as it can contribute to accelerating the rate of fermentation,…

Root-knot nematodes Disease Cycle(25/07/2019)

Epidemiology Root-knot nematodes begin their lives as eggs that rapidly develop into J1 (first-stage juvenile) nematodes (Figure 16). The J1 stage resides entirely inside the translucent egg case, where it molts into a J2 nematode. The motile J2 stage is the only stage that can initiate infections (Figure 20). J2s attack growing root tips and enter roots intercellularly, behind the root cap (Figure 21). They move to the area of…

Results on building the beef breeding models for using the Total Mixed Ration – TMR in Lam Dong province(10/07/2019)

Truong La, Ph.D Division of Research Management and International Cooperation      Applying techniques to use Total Mixed Ration – TMR to build high-yield beef cattle models for breeding and fattening. For each model, feeding 06 Brahman crossbred bulls with TMR diets; but for the control, cows are fed by their normal feeds. The time for  feeding cows is 90 days. The results: for the growing beef model, cows which…

Assessment of genetic diversity of some avocado (Persea americana Mill.) varieties by using molecular marker SSR(24/06/2019)

Pham Thi Phuong1*, Nguyen Vu Phong2 , Pham Duc Toan3 , Hoang Manh Cuong4  1 Tay Nguyen University 2 Ho Chi Minh City University of Agriculture and Forestry 3 Research Institute for Biotechnology and Enviroment, Ho Chi Minh City University of Agriculture and Forestry. 4 Western Highland Agriculture and Forestry Science Institute (WASI)   SUMMARY The thesis’ main purpose is assessment of genetic diversity of twenty-four avocado (Persea americana Mill.)…